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"The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry."
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"I wanted to do - there was this film called 'Magic' that Anthony Hopkins did. And the director wanted me. The writer wanted me. Joe Levine said no, I don't want any comedians in this."
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"Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff."
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"My favorite comedians were Jimmy Durante, George Burns, senior citizens."
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"Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart."
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"I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction."
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"You shouldn't listen to us at all if you're looking for information. We don't take ourselves seriously on any level; we're just comedians."
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"That's why modern corporate movie making has become so laborious that comedians are kind of kicked out by 50."
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"I feel I'm as qualified for office as any of the other comedians who are running."
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"The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry."
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"I believe it is important for comedians to know who came before them."
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"You can have immediate regrets, but if you look at stuff and say, 'Things happen for a reason', there's a fatalistic thing about it. Something will happen that will justify it in some way."
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"Just five years before that the Russians were our allies."
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"I've always been interested in science fiction."
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"And the 90% they are not is what I do for a living."
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"I'm very proud of Space 1999. Its success paved the way for other sci-fi shows to follow. My hope is that the DVD release will help it reach a new generation of fans."
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"The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry."
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"Bad guys don't think they're bad guys. Hitler probably thought he was a wonderful guy doing some wonderful and righteous work for Germany."
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"Everything that has happened to me is of value to me. As painful as certain things are, and have been, and were, there's a use for those things in my life and in my work."
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